Tae Kwon Park Tae-joon, a beautiful boy, won the quarterfinals 'Hosting Countries'Rabé Shin Seung'Enters the Quarterfinals'
Aug 07, 2024
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Park Tae-joon defeated host country France's Sirian Ravel (11th in the world) 2-1 in the men's 58kg taekwondo quarterfinals at the 2024 Paris Olympics held in Grand Palais, Paris on the 7th (Korea time). After winning the first round 8-5, they lost the second round 3-4, but won the third round. Park Tae-joon, who reached the semifinals, can win the gold medal in his first Olympics with just two wins.
Park Tae-joon scored two points with a body attack from the start of the first round. He then led 3-0 due to his opponent's deduction. Another successful body attack widened the score. However, he allowed pursuit with a last-minute torso attack and consecutive points, but succeeded in a torso attack again and took the first round 8-5.
At the beginning of the second round, Park Tae-joon felt pain in his leg as he collided with his opponent. Park Tae-joon got up again and took the lead with a successful fist attack. Soon after, he allowed a head attack. It turned around 1-3. South Korea asked for a video review saying it succeeded in the head attack in the previous scene, but it was not accepted. Both players exchanged points, and Ravel eventually won the second round 4-3.
In the third round, he allowed a punch attack on his opponent, but he brought the game back to square one with a deduction. However, he was dragged 1-3, allowing a torso attack.However, he succeeded in attacking his torso one after another and turned the game around again. Deducted but held on to the rest of the time and won 5-4. In the end, they won 2-1.
In the previous round of 16, he beat Venezuela's Johandri Granado (29th in the world) by a landslide. It was a perfect win, with 12-0 in the first round, 12-0 in the second round, not giving a single point.
Park Tae-joon is the vanguard of Korean taekwondo trying to clean up the slump of No Gold at the last Tokyo Games. Korean Taekwondo aims for more than one gold medal, and the most anticipated candidate is Park Tae-joon. Park Tae-joon, who is currently attending Hanseong High School, won his first international competition, the Manchester World Grand Prix, and the subsequent World Championships, raising new hope for Korean taekwondo.
At the Olympic trials in February, he beat world No. 3 Jang Jun to qualify for the Paris Olympics. Park Tae-joon is trying to win his first gold medal in the men's 58kg class. South Korea has consistently produced superstars in this weight class, but it has not been linked to the Olympic gold medal. Lee Dae-hoon won a silver medal at the 2012 London Games, Kim Tae-hoon won a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Games, and Jang Joon won a bronze medal at the previous Tokyo Games. Ahead of this competition, Park Tae-joon vowed to relieve the resentment of coach Lee Dae-hoon, who retired after failing to win an Olympic gold medal. Park Tae-joon's long-standing 'role model' is coach Lee Dae-hoon.
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